#EaglesDevotional - CAPTIVITY OF THE MIND 1

“Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge…” Isaiah 5:13

There are different types of captivity, but the worst of them all is the captivity of the mind.
In 2 Corinthians 4:4 the Bible says “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”  Satan, who the bible calls ‘the god of this world’ has the capacity of blinding the minds of people. This he achieves by shoving the wrong information in the faces of the people of this world that they become unable to recognize and separate what is good from what is evil.

It is puzzling how the world is making so much effort in legalizing homosexuality and lesbianism. Men want to turn to women and vice versa. With so much determination and drive, people are going in the wrong direction. It is like the fastest man in a race being blindfolded, and because he cannot see what direction his track is, he runs with the fastest pace off the track and continues in that way.

The pathetic thing for a person whose mind is blind is they may not even know they are blind. Because the mind is caged and covered, such a blind person will not know what to do, what they have or what they have the capacity to do.

It is tragic that many Christians in the church today are heading for heaven and hopefully they will get there, but while in this world, they are living below God’s purpose for their lives just because they lack knowledge. They do not know why God has placed them where they are.
There is no substitute for knowledge, you just have to know.

FURTHER READING:2 Corinthians 4:4, Phil 1:9
PRAYER/CONFESSION:Lord, please give me the grace, strength and will-power to seek knowledge in the name of Jesus.
WORDS OF WISDOM:What you know changes who you are and changes what you have.




Eagles Devotional is a daily revelatory and inspirational Publication by Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the founder and presiding Pastor of Word of Life Bible Church, Warri, Nigeria.

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